Birmingham continued to look the more incisive in front of goal and Larsson was narrowly wide of the left-hand upright with a shot on the run from 20 yards.
Uniyed had not been at their best, but Rooney was a constant threat, forcing a diving save from Isaksson with an instant left-foot shot on the run.
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The two-run shot tied the game, and Daniel Murphy hit a leadoff home run in the eighth that sent the New York Mets over Chicago 4-3 Sunday.
Sandoval, who had 12 home runs during the regular season, hit a solo home run in the first and a two-run shot in the third off Verlander.
He also gave up Wells' two-run shot in the fifth, moments after Butler's home run had staked Kansas City to 2-1 lead.
He gave up Ibanez's second homer, a two-run shot in the fifth, and Kyle Seager's three-run homer in the sixth.
Cervelli hit a solo homer in the second, and Travis Hafner had a two-run shot in the third off John Maine.
And that the home run would be the shot that kept this most improbable team alive long enough to make history.
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Peter Siddle was driven pleasantly through the off-side for four by Strauss, a shot which saw the 50-run stand raised well within the first hour.
The Royals got most of their deficit back on Dyson's three-run shot in the bottom of the second.
Suzuki followed a walk by Travis Hafner with his two-run shot in the second inning, and Overbay followed a double by Jayson Nix with his two-run homer.
Navarro hit a solo homer just over the basket at the wall in left-center in the second to break a 1-all tie and added a two-run shot down the left-field line off John Danks (0-1) in the fourth, with both drives coming from the right side.
And the image of his black eye that police captured in his mug shot, the result of a run-in with a bystander who was trying to prevent the Olympic gold medalist from fleeing from the police.
Going into the final round with a four-shot lead, a disastrous run of four straight bogeys from the 15th hole saw him finish one shot adrift of former world No. 1 Ernie Els.
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Nuneaton's Ian Clarkson then pushed the tempo with a brisk run and shot which flew over the crossbar.
Steven Whittaker arrowed a low drive into the grasp of St Mirren goalkeeper Paul Gallacher before setting up Miller for a run and shot but the striker could not keep his effort down.
You do not have to be standing still over the ball when playing a shot, so striking the ball with a run-up is okay.
Balotelli had also gone close in the first half when he forced a good low save from Gerhard Tremmel in the Salzburg goal, while James Milner screwed a shot wide following a good run down the right.
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His two-run shot in the fourth came after Freddie Freeman drew a one-out walk.
Jordy Mercer homered twice and Jose Tabata had four hits, including a two-run shot for the Pirates.
You can't tell them to run the shot clock down and feel sorry for that team over there.
Jarrod Dyson hit a three-run shot for the Royals, just the second homer of his career, and Mike Moustakas went deep in his second straight game.
Ervin Santana (3-2) gave up Cano's two-run shot in the third inning, Wells' solo homer two pitches later and an RBI single by Wells in the fifth.
Jordy Mercer homered twice and Jose Tabata had four hits, including a two-run shot for the Pirates, who teed off on left-hander Jonathon Niese, finally chasing him during a big fifth inning.
Ankiel launched a pinch-hit three-run shot for the majors' first homer this season, Bud Norris pitched well for the win and Erik Bedard threw 3 1-3 scoreless innings for his first career save.
He hit his 100th career homer in the fifth inning, then connected for a tiebreaking, three-run shot with two outs in the seventh.
Angel di Maria then forced a flying save from Jung Sung-Ryong, and Messi thrilled the crowd with a brilliantly jinking run before clipping a shot narrowly wide from the edge of the box.
They were inventive in attack, with Jon Oster heavily involved on the right flank, and Barmby had an effort held by Sullivan on the half hour before a 30-yard run and shot resulted in another save from the Dons keeper.
These three made the art of the blocked shot look common and changed the way the opposing offensive was run.
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